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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
4.5 year old w/ sudden separation anxiety at daycare??
just wondering if anyone else has gone through this with an older child. we switched daycare back in May and everything went fine. no crying. no problems at all. he was excited to try something new. he is very social and has made all new friends. i've spoken with the teachers to see if anything has happened that would be the cause of this. they say no. when i ask him what the problem is he just says he wants to stay home. doesn't want to go to school. when the teachers ask him what's wrong its 100 different things ranging from head hurts to mom and dad are fighting (which isn't even true). and it seems like it comes and goes throughout the day. cries at drop off but is better at lunch time, sad at nap better at circle time, etc.
just a phase? its just so different from how he used to be.
also, any advice is appreciated.
Re: 4.5 year old w/ sudden separation anxiety at daycare??
Mason is 5.5, and still goes through this every once in a while.
DH always does daycare drop offs, but when I do drop off, there are usually tears or he is very reluctant to join his class (which isn't the case at all with DH). I just talk to him about the fun stuff he is going to do that day, and talk about the fun stuff we're going to do at home after I pick him up. Once I leave, he is totally fine.
There have also been mornings where he will wake up and the first thing he says is that he doesn't want to go to school and will beg most of the morning to stay home. Sometimes he will get pretty upset - the other morning he ran out of the house as I was pulling out of the driveway. He was crying, begging me not to go to work because he will miss me.
( I use the same tactics that I use during daycare drop offs, and talke about the fun stuff he'll do at school, and what we'll do that night at home. I'll also ask him to draw me a cool picture during art time and/or tell him about anything fun going on for the weekend. Once I leave, he is fine. (I, however, am totally not. People who say this sh!t gets easier are lying liars who LIE!)
For Mason, it comes and goes. Most of the time, he does great, but he still has rough days. It helps to continue to reassure them and talk about the fun aspects of school. GL!
We haven't had a bad drop-off on a couple months, so we are probably due for a doozy next month when DH travels. :-)
Hugs !